1977 World Figure Skating Championships

1977 World Figure Skating Championships
1977 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	March 1 – 6
Season:	1976–77
Location:	Tokyo, Japan
Venue:	Yoyogi National Stadium
Champions
	Men's singles: ; Vladimir Kovalev
	Ladies' singles: ; Linda Fratianne
	Pairs: ; Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev
	Ice dance: ; Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov
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Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Vladimir Kovalev	Jan Hoffmann	Minoru Sano
Ladies' singles	Linda Fratianne	Anett Pötzsch	Dagmar Lurz
Pair skating	Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev	Irina Vorobieva / Aleksandr Vlasov	Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner
Ice dancing	Irina Moiseeva / Andrej Minenkov	Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell	Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	3	1	1	5
2	United States (USA)	1	0	1	2
3	East Germany (GDR)	0	2	0	2
4	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
5	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
5	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		4	4	4	12

Rank	Name	Nation	Age	CP		SP		FP		Points	Places
1	Vladimir Kovalev	Soviet Union	24	1	44.40	2	41.24	3	102.40	188.04	16
2	Jan Hoffmann	East Germany	21	2	42.52	1	41.04	2	103.40	186.96	18
3	Minoru Sano	Japan	21	6	39.44	4	39.96	1	105.70	185.10	24
4	David Santee	United States	19	4	42.04	9	37.92	5	99.70	179.66	40
5	Charles Tickner	United States	23	5	39.52	3	40.56	7	98.80	178.88	42
6	Ron Shaver	Canada	25	9	37.84	8	37.48	6	99.40	174.72	61
7	Yuri Ovchinnikov	Soviet Union	26	7	38.12	6	38.16	8	97.60	173.88	64
8	Mitsuru Matsumura	Japan	19	15	35.00	11	36.13	4	101.20	172.33	73
9	Scott Cramer	United States	18	8	38.20	10	37.60	9	95.90	171.70	73
10	Pekka Leskinen	Finland	23	3	42.00	12	35.12	11	92.90	170.02	89
11	Konstantin Kokora	Soviet Union	19	11	37.12	7	38.20	10	93.00	168.32	94
12	Ronald Koppelent	Austria	21	14	37.00	14	33.24	13	86.40	156.64	118
13	Kurt Kurzinger	West Germany		13	36.32	13	33.88	14	85.00	155.20	121
14	Brian Pockar	Canada	17	16	34.72	15	33.00	12	87.30	155.02	122
15	Jean-Christophe Simond	France	16	12	36.44	16	32.60	15	84.80	154.84	134
16	William Schober	Australia		17	32.64	17	34.80	16	77.30	144.74	144
17	Han Soo-bong	South Korea		18	31.20	18	26.52	17	71.90	129.62	153
WD	Robin Cousins	United Kingdom	19	10	37.72	5	40.08			DNF

Rank	Name	Nation	Age	CP		SP		FP		Points	Places
1	Linda Fratianne	United States	16	4	44.44	1	41.72	2	103.10	189.26	10
2	Anett Pötzsch	East Germany	16	1	45.56	6	38.92	3	100.70	185.18	22
3	Dagmar Lurz	West Germany	18	2	45.08	3	39.20	8	98.20	182.48	43
4	Barbara Smith	United States		5	43.04	4	39.80	7	99.60	182.44	43
5	Wendy Burge	United States	19	7	41.48	2	40.32	4	101.10	182.90	41
6	Susanna Driano	Italy	19	3	43.88	7	38.88	9	98.20	180.96	50
7	Elena Vodorezova	Soviet Union	13	13	36.80	5	39.92	1	103.10	179.82	59
8	Lynn Nightingale	Canada	20	8	40.84	9	38.32	5	100.60	179.76	66
9	Marion Weber	East Germany	17	6	42.12	12	38.04	10	97.20	177.36	80
10	Denise Biellmann	Switzerland	14	12	37.68	8	38.44	6	100.10	176.22	87
11	Claudia Kristofics-Binder	Austria	15	9	39.96	10	37.72	12	95.00	172.68	103
12	Emi Watanabe	Japan	14	11	40.04	11	38.08	13	95.00	173.12	106
13	Heather Kemkaran	Canada	20	14	35.56	13	35.98	11	97.60	169.14	113
14	Garnet Ostermeier	West Germany	17	10	39.20	14	36.12	14	91.20	166.52	124
15	Karena Richardson	United Kingdom	17	19	32.36	16	35.52	15	91.80	159.68	133
16	Susan Broman	Finland	17	15	34.60	15	36.08	16	83.40	154.08	150
17	Robyn Burley	Australia		16	34.64	18	32.84	17	84.00	151.48	154
18	Maria-Claude Bierre	France		17	34.08	17	32.92	18	83.40	150.40	159
19	Franca Bianconi	Italy	15	21	31.52	20	30.80	19	82.30	144.62	176
20	Lee Hyun-joo	South Korea		18	32.72	21	30.88	21	80.60	144.20	178
21	Lotta Crispin	Sweden		20	31.64	19	31.44	20	80.30	143.38	182

Rank	Name	Nation	Age	SP		FP		Points	Places
1	Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev	Soviet Union	27/24	1	34.90	1	105.60	140.50	9
2	Irina Vorobieva / Alexandr Vlasov	Soviet Union	18/20	2	34.56	3	101.60	136.16	23
3	Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner	United States	16/18	3	33.45	2	102.20	135.65	29
4	Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai	Soviet Union	12/18	4	33.68	5	97.80	131.48	39
5	Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorf	East Germany	20/26	5	32.37	4	99.30	131.67	42
6	Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl	Czechoslovakia	16/17	6	31.57	6	95.00	126.57	57
7	Gail Hamula / Frank Sweiding	United States		7	30.70	7	94.40	125.10	63
8	Susanne Scheibe / Andreas Nischwitz	West Germany	/19	8	30.58	9	91.40	121.98	78
9	Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli	United States	14/17	9	30.34	8	93.10	123.44	73
10	Sherri Baier / Robin Cowan	Canada		11	27.90	10	88.50	116.40	91
11	Gabrielle Beck / Jochen Stahl	West Germany		10	28.74	11	87.80	116.54	96
12	Elizabeth Cain / Peter Cain	Australia	14/18	13	26.87	12	85.50	112.37	106
13	Kyoko Hagiwara / Sumio Murata	Japan		12	27.44	13	79.50	106.94	116

Medal tables

Rank	Name	Nation	Age	CD		FD		Points	Places
1	Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov	Soviet Union	21/22	1	102.32	1	105.50	207.82	9
2	Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell	United Kingdom	21/24	2	99.16	2	102.50	201.66	24
3	Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov	Soviet Union	20/26	4	97.72	3	102.20	199.92	28
4	Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay	Hungary	21/23	3	98.80	4	101.90	200.70	29
5	Marina Zueva / Andrei Vitman	Soviet Union	20/	5	94.56	5	100.10	194.66	45
6	Susan Carscallen / Eric Gillies	Canada	22/24	6	92.80	7	96.10	188.90	58
7	Kay Barsdell / Kenneth Foster	United Kingdom		7	91.32	6	95.90	187.22	65
8	Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav Drastich	Czechoslovakia	18/22	9	89.68	8	95.30	184.98	73
9	Judi Genovesi / Kent Weigle	United States	19/21	8	88.92	9	94.30	183.22	77
10	Lorna Wighton / John Dowding	Canada	18/19	10	87.08	10	92.60	179.68	90
11	Isabella Rizzi / Luigi Freroni	Italy		11	83.88	11	90.20	174.08	100
12	Susan Kelley / Andrew Stroukoff	United States	22/26	13	82.12	12	88.90	171.02	108
13	Susi Handschmann / Peter Handschmann	Austria	18/19	12	83.40	13	85.60	169.00	116
14	Misa Kage / Masanori Takeda	Japan		14	80.32	14	84.50	164.82	123